In late 1998, David and Victoria revealed that they were expecting their first child together and welcomed son Brooklyn Joseph Beckham on 4 March, 1999. In her 2001 autobiography "Learning to Fly" (via Yahoo!), Victoria revealed the inspiration behind her son's name, writing, "I had always liked the name Brooke and then we suddenly thought about Brooklyn. I'd always liked it as a place — it's very multi-cultural, very grounded. And it was only afterwards that I realised how appropriate it was because it was in New York that I found out I was pregnant."